Posts Tagged ‘sex trafficking’
Sex trafficking sting leads to discovery of nearly 40 missing kids
Nearly 40 children were rescued in Georgia following an operation created to combat sex trafficking. On Aug. 27, WSB-TV reported that “Operation Not Forgotten” was successful in the recovery of sexually exploited kids. The operation was headed by the U.S. Marshals Fugitive Hunters and other agencies in Georgia that tracked the suspects who held the…
Read MoreFormer sex slave Toni D. Rivera now saves kids from trafficking
While millions of sports fans enjoyed the NFL Superbowl between the Green Bay Packers and the New England Patriots, former sex slave Toni D. Rivera was stuck in a harrowing situation inside a seedy hotel where she was forced to pay off her pimp’s losing bet with her body. When the Packers lost that game…
Read MoreR. Kelly renews pleas to judge for his release
R. Kelly has requested to be released from jail again. The “Ignition” hitmaker was recently denied bail when he asked to be released from Chicago’s Metropolitan Correctional Center — where he is being held on charges that include sex trafficking, racketeering, and child pornography — amid the coronavirus pandemic. But the initial decision hasn’t stopped him from…
Read MoreR. Kelly’s New York trial has been pushed back
R. Kelly’s sex crimes trial in New York has been pushed back. The “Ignition” hitmaker was initially set to be tried in Brooklyn, New York, for charges that include sex trafficking, racketeering, and child pornography in May this year, but on Thursday, Feb 6, 2020, a judge at a pre-trial hearing pushed the back the…
Read MoreLifetime to air ‘Surviving Jeffrey Epstein’ documentary
After milking the “Surviving R. Kelly” documentary for every last dollar, the Lifetime channel has announced that it is finally moving onto another alleged sexual assault perpetrator. One year after the six-part docu-series revolving around Robert Sylvester Kelly’s ruining his life and career — and may send him to prison for life — Lifetime is…
Read MoreR. Kelly accuser says disgraced singer ‘needs to go to jail forever’ (video)
R. Kelly’s accuser Faith Rodgers says he “needs to go to jail forever.” Rodgers, 21, is one of the women who have accused the “Ignition” hitmaker of sexual abuse and has now said she hopes to see the disgraced musician put behind bars for many years. Speaking to CBS News, Rodgers said: “He needs to…
Read MoreCyntoia Brown-Long explains how any woman can fall victim to sex trafficking
Cyntoia Brown-Long became a victim of sex trafficking as a teenager. After years of being in and out of juvenile facilities, she ran away from home and met a man, Garion “Kut Throat” McGlothen, who forced her into prostitution. Her story is similar to millions who have been victims of sex trafficking. She would eventually…
Read MoreR. Kelly begging judge to remove him from solitary confinement
When R. Kelly was busying himself as one the all-time great singers, songwriters and producers, he could get away with not being able to read or write because he was always surrounded by a loyal team to handle his affairs. But R. Kelly’s illiteracy has caught up with him in a devastating way now that…
Read MoreCyntoia Brown debuts book cover and says she’s ‘loving’ her freedom (photo)
Now free from the Tennessee Prison for Women for exactly two weeks, sex trafficking survivor Cyntoia Brown is introspective and eternally grateful for being able to do the small things after 15 years in prison. “I am loving every single thing about being in my own home,” the 31-year-old said according to NBC News, adding…
Read MoreRecently freed Cyntoia Brown is married, according to lawyer
Cyntoia Brown, the former sex trafficking victim who was sentenced to two life sentences for killing a man before being granted clemency, is now a married woman, according to her attorney as well as CBS 17, The Tennessean and WKRN News 2. Brown’s attorney, Ed Yarbrough, told WKRN News 2 that when Brown was released…
Read MoreR. Kelly reportedly afraid for his life
R. Kelly fears being killed while he’s in jail. The disgraced singer is currently behind bars after being denied bond by a judge earlier this week, but he’s told his lawyer, Nicole Blank Becker, that he doesn’t mind being in solitary confinement in federal prison because he feels safer as he’s aware other inmates know…
Read MoreR. Kelly pleads not guilty to 13 alleged sex trafficking charges
R. Kelly has pleaded not guilty to 13 alleged sex trafficking charges. The “Ignition” hitmaker was arrested on the charges — which also included charges for alleged child pornography and obstruction of justice — earlier this month, after he was already arrested on two separate occasions for 11 felonies related to sexual assault and abuse, and…
Read MoreR. Kelly will likely face indictments on federal charges as well
In addition to the state indictments on criminal sexual abuse against embattled singer R. Kelly in Chicago, he is also likely to face another set of indictments on a federal level, the media has learned. The “Step in the Name of Love” singer is expected to be indicted on sex trafficking and tax evasion charges…
Read MoreFeds going after the many people around R. Kelly
If singer R. Kelly really did construct an elaborate sex cult society in Chicago and Atlanta and trafficked young women from across the country, then he could not have pulled off this multipronged operation by himself. If that is true, the feds believe Kelly had lots of help running his alleged criminal endeavor. The U.S. Department…
Read MoreAtlanta: The strength of a diverse mecca
Since Harlem was recognized for its Renaissance in the 1920s, people have been seeking the next place to tout as a Black mecca — a place that attracts people and the dreams of those living there. The definition holds steady, but does the location? In 1973, Black communities and progressive Whites brokered the deal that made…
Read MoreCyntoia Brown: Trafficking victim who killed her captor must serve 51 years
At the age of 16, Cyntoia Brown was allegedly raped and trafficked by a pimp named “KuttThroat” in Nashville, Tennessee. Brown soon found herself servicing numerous men until she was sold to a Nashville realtor named Johnny Allen. After being raped by Allen repeatedly, she shot him to death with his own gun. In 2004, Brown was…
Read MoreFBI arrests rapper who allegedly forced missing teen into sex trafficking
A family’s hunt for their missing child just took a dramatic and disturbing turn after an arrest of an aspiring rapper from the Bronx. Back in September 2017, Corinna Slusser, 19, traveled to New York City from her hometown of Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania. In the months prior her to move, NBC news reported that Slusser had…
Read More‘Married to Medicine’s’ Genise Shelton fights sex trafficking
“Married to Medicine’s” newest cast member Genise Shelton is using her platform to do all she can to prevent sex trafficking in one of the largest trafficking hubs, Atlanta. Read on to find out what Shelton is doing about the sex-trafficking epidemic and why it’s important for the community to get involved. What does self-care mean…
Read More‘Most hated h– in LA’ arrested for child sex trafficking
A California escort who describes herself as the “most hated h– in L.A. has apparently lived up to her name in heinous fashion. Melanie Denae Williams, 22, had no problems with being called a h–, in fact, she would rather you call her “pretty h–,” which was also is the name of her website prettyhoe.com…
Read MoreKim Kardashian hires lawyers for 2 jailed Black women
Celebrity spouse and reality star Kim Kardashian West has stepped into the issue of mass incarceration after being moved by the plight of two women. It is being reported that Kardashian has hired Los Angeles-based criminal lawyer Shawn Holley to help in the cases of Alice Johnson, 62, and Cyntoia Brown, 29, Black women who…
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